Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, December 9, 2016 · KeyBank Center
CSN-DC · MSG-B
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Friday, December 9, 2016 at KeyBank Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 29-28.
Goals came from T.J. Oshie, Jakub Vrana, Kyle Okposo, John Carlson and Marcus Johansson.
Philipp Grubauer made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 25 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
T.J. Oshie (9)Jay Beagle (6), Nicklas Backstrom (15)1–006:43 WSH
Jakub Vrana (1)Evgeny Kuznetsov (10), Dmitry Orlov (8)2–012:39 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Kyle Okposo (9)Rasmus Ristolainen (16), Ryan O'Reilly (10)2–112:03 BUF · PPG
John Carlson (1)Nicklas Backstrom (16), Marcus Johansson (9)3–114:20 WSH · PPG
Marcus Johansson (12)T.J. Oshie (5), Dmitry Orlov (9)4–118:48 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHBUF
29Shots on goal28
58%Faceoff %42%
2/3Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes6
16Hits19
9Blocked shots7
6Giveaways7
4Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 03:35
Taylor Chorney · interference2 min - 1st 17:48
Cody Franson · tripping2 min - 2nd 10:52Dmitry Kulikov · hooking2 min
- 2nd 18:29Daniel Winnik · hooking2 min
- 3rd 01:50Evgeny Kuznetsov · interference2 min
- 3rd 07:10Nate Schmidt · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 10:27Brooks Orpik · hooking2 min
- 3rd 13:28Brian Gionta · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 15:32 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 21:29 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:16 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16:52 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:12 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:17 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 25:40 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16:45 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:49 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:30 |
| 26Daniel WinnikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:52 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:11 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:58 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:19 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:53 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:49 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | W | 28 | 27 | 1 | .964 | 60:00 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 22:27 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 24:19 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 30:11 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 17:50 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:59 |
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:14 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:33 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:01 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:53 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:07 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:48 |
| 48William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:25 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:08 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:13 |
| 6Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:35 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:05 |
| 41Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:22 |
| 77Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Anders NilssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | L | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 58:48 |